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Skin and hair treatments

a skin and hair technology, applied in the field of skin and hair treatments, can solve the problems of no effective treatment for migraine headaches, and achieve the effects of reducing wrinkles, improving skin condition, and increasing hair growth

Active Publication Date: 2013-01-17
AYLOR ROBERT BENSON +1
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Benefits of technology

The invention is a product that can help reduce pain, especially migraine headaches, by applying a compound that can penetrate the skin. This compound is a mild vasodilator that can improve blood flow and is associated with an improved skin condition, reduced wrinkles, and increased hair growth. The product can be applied to different areas of the body to alleviate pain and reduce anxiety. The compound used in the invention, linalool, has been shown to have these beneficial properties and is a preferred ingredient in the product.

Problems solved by technology

There is no mention in literature relating to treatment of migraine headaches using linalool as an active ingredient and at present the literature suggests that there is no effective treatment for migraine headaches.

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[0114]One individual who had suffered from migraines for several years and who had taken the prescription drug Prozac® with only limited benefits, started using a commercial product, Ivory Shampoo®, with approximately 1% by volume of linalool added. The prescription drug had not prevented migraine headaches, but after the shampoo was used on a regular basis, the migraine headaches no longer occurred. The individual stopped using Prozac due to problems associated with it and the migraine headaches did not return. Other commercially available shampoos containing little perfume with approximately 1% by volume of linalool added were substituted for the Ivory Shampoo with linalool and the benefit persisted. Another commercially available shampoo that has been used with about 1% by volume of linalool added is Botanical Nutrients® soyflower shampoo containing: water; extracts of geranium maculatum (geranium), Echinacea angustifolia (coneflower), and lavendula angustifolia (lavender); ammon...

example 2

[0115]A second individual subject to migraine headaches with an aura also used the commercially available shampoos containing about 1% linalool without taking a prescription drug and found that the subject no longer experienced migraine headaches. When this individual stopped using the commercial shampoos containing about 1% linalool, a migraine headache was experienced. Since the commercial shampoo with about 1% linalool has been used again on a regular basis, there has been no migraine headache so far.

example 3

[0116]A commercial skin conditioning product with low perfume level was modified by adding about 1% linalool for use in treating the back of the neck and / or the head to prevent and / or alleviate the effects of migraine headaches. The product is Bath & Body Works body lotion sold under the name “Dancing Waters” containing: water, glycerin; petrolatum; cetyl alcohol; cetearyl alcohol; dimethicone; perfume; ceteareth-20; shea butter; jojoba seed oil; tocopheryl acetate; isododecane; neopentyl glycol diheptonate; carbomer; tetrasodium EDTA; sodium hydroxide; disodium EDTA; BHT; benzyl alcohol; diazoldryl urea; methylparaben; propylparaben; benzyl benzoate; benzyl salicylate; cinnamyl alcohol; citral; citronelol; geranol; hexyl cinnamal; hydroxyphenyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde; limonene; linalool; butylphenyl methylpropanal; and alpha-isomethyl ionone. The limonene and linalool are present in the commercial product in only very limited amounts since they are among the last ingredients ...

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Abstract

Linalool and other materials which are skin penetrating vasodilators or which can be made to have such properties are applied, either by themselves or in skin treatment compositions, to the skin of the head and especially the back of the neck to prevent or alleviate the effects of migraine headaches or applied to sore muscles or ligaments to aid in minimizing the soreness, or are applied to wrinkled and / or old looking skin on the face, neck, torso, or extremities, other than on the hands, to minimize wrinkles and / or improve the skin's appearance and / or are applied to the head to grow hair on the head or prevent hair loss.

Description

RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims the benefit of the filing date of applicants' copending provisional U.S. Patent Application No. 61 / 572,443, filed Jul. 15, 2011, and entitled “PAIN TREATMENT”, said application being incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The invention relates to the improvements in minimizing the occurrence and severity of pain, including muscle, tendon, ligament, etc. pains and especially migraine headaches; either alternately or additionally, providing appearance benefits such as wrinkle reduction and hair maintenance; and to methods, compositions, etc. for providing such improvements.[0004]2. Description of Related Art[0005]U.S. Pat. No. 4,371,461, Jones, et al., issued Feb. 1, 1983, claims: A liquid detergent composition containing by weight: (a) from about 10% to about 50% of a detergent surfactant; (b) from 0% to about 15% of a suds stabilizing nonionic surfactant selected from the group...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A61K31/045A61K8/34A61P25/06A61Q19/00A61P17/14A61Q7/00A61Q19/08A61K31/015A61P25/00
CPCA61K8/342A61Q5/02A61Q7/00A61K31/045A61K2800/74A61K31/015A61Q19/08A61P17/14A61P25/00A61P25/06
Inventor AYLOR, ROBERT BENSONMAKOVER, LEIGH HEATHER
Owner AYLOR ROBERT BENSON
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